> Now you're being dishonest. The 6-month sentence was a plea deal he declined. It was a 35-50 year sentence if he fought and lost all charges No, it was not a

> Now you're being dishonest. The 6-month sentence was a plea deal he declined. It was a 35-50 year sentence if he fought and lost all charges No, it was not a 35-50 year sentence. That's the theoretical sentence one could get for those same crimes if all the sentence enhancing factors that can apply do apply. Repeat offender, part of organized crime, massive monetary damage, drugs involved, things like that. Swartz didn't have any of those factors. Here's an article on how DoJ press releases ridiculously exaggerate potential sentences [1]. If the prosecution has been able to prove everything they alleged and the judge decided to make an example of Swartz it might have been up to 7 years, but that is unlikely. Swartz's attorney said that if they had gone to trial and lost he thought it was unlikely that Swartz would get any jail time. [1] https://www.popehat.com/2013/02/05/crime-whale-sushi-sentence-eleventy-million-years/ https://www.popehat.com/2013/02/05/crime-whale-sushi-sentenc...